In announcing French recognition of Palestinian statehood, President Emmanuel Macron of France expressed his growing outrage at Palestinian deaths and starvation in Gaza, but also incurred the hostili...

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that recognising the State of Palestine before it is established could be counterproductive.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Macron’s move, claiming it would risk “creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became”, which would be a “launch pad to annihilate Israel”.